1. Self-Governance Advisory Committee Tiwahe Presentation
Presenters:
Spike bighorn, associate deputy bureau director, office of Indian services, bureau of Indian affairs
MERCEDES Garcia, National Tiwahe Coordinator, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs

2. Introduction to Tiwahe
Tiwahe means family in the Lakota language
This is a five-year initiative (FY 2015 – FY 2019)
Coordinated Service Delivery Approach – The National Tiwahe Coordinator (NTC) works closely with each participating pilot tribe to implement a plan and achieve Tiwahe goals through three phases:
Phase 1: Planning and Development
Phase 2: Service Delivery and Implementation
Phase 3: Reporting and Enhancement

3. Tiwahe Across The Board Increases
Tiwahe provided Across The Board increases to all tribes that operated a Social Services and/or Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) program in FY 2014
An 8% increase in Social Services was given to all Tribes in FY based on their TPA allocation in FY 2014.
A 21% increase in ICWA TPA was given to all Tribes in FY 2015 based on their TPA allocations in FY 2014.
Tiwahe pilot tribes received an additional increase for Tiwahe implementation from the Initiative.

4. Tiwahe Initiative Pilot Sites

5. Four Federal Tiwahe Initiative Goals
Support Families through Coordinated Service Delivery
Develop Tiwahe Plans at the Tribal Level
Coordinate Social Services, Justice Service, Tribal Courts, Youth & Family Programs
Integrate Culture in Services
Programs with cultural components
Support Self-Determination and Self-Governance
Data driven-decisions (data system)
Self-directing of funds
Model Program for leading Indian Country
Reporting successes and challenges
Sharing ideas
Tiwahe fosters collaboration of services among tribal programs and with State and Federal partners.
Each of the Tribes participating in this initiative determined how they wanted to implement Tiwahe.
Tiwahe Tribes share the common goals and purpose of the initiative, but realize the methods, actions, and outcomes in their own way.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) works with the Tiwahe Tribes to build the capacity to track and analyze data on the impact the funding has on the family unit and will take those lessons and apply them throughout Indian Country so that all tribes are benefited by the lessons of Tiwahe.

6. Tiwahe Across The Board (ATB) Performance Measures
In FY 17, Congress required Tiwahe Pilot Tribes to submit Across The Board (ATB) Performance Measures data prior to allocating appropriations for the Tiwahe Initiative.
Tiwahe Pilot Tribes report on Across The Board Performance measures annually to demonstrate impact of Tiwahe funds in overlapping implementation areas among Tiwahe tribes.
Tiwahe Pilot Tribes report ATB Performance Measures to Congress annually:
Percent of Tribes coordinating services
Individuals participating in services that incorporate tribal culture
Tribal youth program participants
Ratio of clients to social worker
Percent of Tribes submitting ICWA Reports

7. Tiwahe Individual Tribal Performance (ITP) Measures
AVCP – AK
FBIC – MT
PYT – AZ
Percent of sub- regions managing their own child welfare cases
Implementation of Client Management System
Communications Plan Implementation
Percent of village courts with Children’s Codes
Reduction in the instance of Abuse of Child, Assault of a Family Member & Abuse of an Elder (# of case)
Reduction in juvenile recidivism rate
Reduction in reported Temporary Investigative Authority (TIA) cases
Percent of truant children who maintained attendance in school with completion of the Attendance Achievement Program (AAP)
Percent of Yaqui foster children placed with licensed Yaqui foster families
Percent of General Assistance (GA) recipients returning to employment
In FY 2018, each Pilot Tribe established Individual Tribal Performance (ITP_ Measures that highlight small portions of Tiwahe implementation at each Tiwahe pilot site.

8. Tiwahe Individual Tribal Performance (ITP) Measures
RLN – MN
SLT - ND
UMUT - CO
Reduction in the number of Juvenile suicides
Number of reunified families
Reduction in Substance Exposed Newborns
Reduction in the number of overdoses from Opioids resulting in death
Naloxone Administration by community programs
Reduction in the number of families dependent on General Assistance
Reduction in Homelessness
Number of families preserved or reunified by successful completion of a cultural program
Increase youth leadership and multi- media career skill development
Reduce homelessness among single parent families and veterans

9. Forthcoming: Tiwahe Framework
Demonstrates the impact of the Pilot Tribes’ work over the last five years.
Guiding Principle: What self-governance is for tribes is what Tiwahe is to family.
Framework includes practice guidelines and measures for success that other tribes can implement to improve impacts on a family.
The Tiwahe Framework helps tribes to demonstrate the value of services tribal programs deliver on the ground and the impact on a family or individual.
Data is gathered from the families directly (through surveys, assessments or self-reflection tools) to ensure they are the voice of whether a program or service is making a difference for their family.

10. US – NZ INDIGENOUS RELATIONSHIP
US - Tiwahe initiative
5 year
demonstration project
NZ - Whanau ora policy
12 yEAR
government policy

11. TIWAHE FRAMEWORK Measures of Success Guidelines for Success
Final Success Report
DEVELOP Common “Outcomes” language to improve communication of Tiwahe impact
AGREE on Tribal Priority Areas to show where funding is contributing to positive gains
CONNECT Tribe’s activities to end goals of Tribal Priority Areas
DOCUMENT Practice Guidelines for other Tribes to adopt
PUBLISH Collective Impact Report to Congress
Success per Tiwahe Family
Tiwahe
GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESS
The Tiwahe Framework helps tribes to measure the impact that the on-the-ground work of tribal programs have on a family or individual.
Data is gathered from the families directly (through surveys, assessments or self-reflection tools) to ensure they are the voice of whether a program or service is making a difference